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15 @c This file contains a list of news features Gnus. It is supposed to be
16 @c included in `gnus.texi'. `GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated from
17 @c this file (see `gnus-news.el').
21 @item Installation changes
24 @item Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
26 If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
27 release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading
28 to this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the
29 @file{~/News/marks} directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are
30 read from your @file{~/.newsrc.eld} instead of from the stale marks
31 file, where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry
32 for more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't
35 @item Incompatibility when switching from Emacs 23 to Emacs 22
36 In Emacs 23, Gnus uses Emacs' new internal coding system @code{utf-8-emacs}
37 for saving articles drafts and @file{~/.newsrc.eld}. These files may not
38 be read correctly in Emacs 22 and below. If you want to use Gnus across
39 different Emacs versions, you may set @code{mm-auto-save-coding-system}
41 @c FIXME: Untested. (Or did anyone test it?)
42 @c Cf. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66251/focus=66344
44 @item Supported Emacs version
45 The following Emacs versions are supported by No Gnus:
55 @item Lisp files are now installed in @file{.../site-lisp/gnus/} by default.
56 It defaulted to @file{.../site-lisp/} formerly. In addition to this,
57 the new installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which
58 will shadow the latest one are detected. You can then remove those
59 shadows manually or remove them using @code{make
60 remove-installed-shadows}.
62 @item The installation directory name is allowed to have spaces and/or tabs.
65 @item New packages and libraries within Gnus
69 @item Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp @acronym{SASL} library.
71 This provides a clean @acronym{API} to @acronym{SASL} mechanisms from
72 within Emacs. The user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier
73 situation, include support for @acronym{DIGEST}-@acronym{MD5} and
74 @acronym{NTLM}. @xref{Top, ,Emacs SASL, sasl, Emacs SASL}.
76 @item ManageSieve connections uses the @acronym{SASL} library by default.
78 The primary change this brings is support for @acronym{DIGEST-MD5} and
79 @acronym{NTLM}, when the server supports it.
81 @item Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el.
83 It is enabled by default (see @code{password-cache}), with a short
84 timeout of 16 seconds (see @code{password-cache-expiry}). If
85 @acronym{PGG} is used as the @acronym{PGP} back end, the @acronym{PGP}
86 passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords for ManageSieve
87 connections are managed by this mechanism, after querying the user
88 about whether to do so.
90 @item Using EasyPG with Gnus
91 When EasyPG, is available, Gnus will use it instead of @acronym{PGG}.
92 EasyPG is an Emacs user interface to GNU Privacy Guard. @xref{Top,
93 ,EasyPG Assistant user's manual, epa, EasyPG Assistant user's manual}.
94 EasyPG is included in Emacs 23 and available separately as well.
97 @item Changes in group mode
98 @c ************************
102 Old intermediate incoming mail files (@file{Incoming*}) are deleted
103 after a couple of days, not immediately. @xref{Mail Source
105 (New in Gnus 5.10.10 / No Gnus 0.8)
106 @c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus".
110 @item Changes in summary and article mode
114 @item Gnus now supports sticky article buffers. Those are article buffers
115 that are not reused when you select another article. @xref{Sticky
119 @c FIXME: To be added
121 @item Gnus can selectively display @samp{text/html} articles
122 with a WWW browser with @kbd{K H}. @xref{MIME Commands}.
124 @c gnus-registry-marks
125 @c FIXME: To be added
127 @item International host names (@acronym{IDNA}) can now be decoded
128 inside article bodies using @kbd{W i}
129 (@code{gnus-summary-idna-message}). This requires that GNU Libidn
130 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) has been installed.
131 @c FIXME: Also mention @code{message-use-idna}?
133 @item The non-@acronym{ASCII} group names handling has been much
134 improved. The back ends that fully support non-@acronym{ASCII} group
135 names are now @code{nntp}, @code{nnml}, and @code{nnrss}. Also the
136 agent, the cache, and the marks features work with those back ends.
137 @xref{Non-ASCII Group Names}.
139 @item Gnus now displays @acronym{DNS} master files sent as text/dns
142 @item Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer:
143 @kbd{/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R}
144 (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}). @xref{Limiting}.
146 @item You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using
147 @kbd{Y t} (@code{gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles}). @xref{Summary
148 Generation Commands}.
150 @item Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer:
151 @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}). @xref{Summary
154 @item @acronym{S/MIME} now features @acronym{LDAP} user certificate searches.
155 You need to configure the server in @code{smime-ldap-host-list}.
157 @item URLs inside Open@acronym{PGP} headers are retrieved and imported
158 to your PGP key ring when you click on them.
161 Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
162 @code{gnus-picon-style}. @xref{Picons}.
164 @item @acronym{ANSI} @acronym{SGR} control sequences can be transformed
167 @acronym{ANSI} sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for
168 highlighting articles (@code{gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences}).
170 @item Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header.
171 This changes the default of @code{gnus-article-loose-mime}.
173 @item @code{gnus-decay-scores} can be a regexp matching score files.
174 For example, set it to @samp{\\.ADAPT\\'} and only adaptive score files
175 will be decayed. @xref{Score Decays}.
177 @item Strings prefixing to the @code{To} and @code{Newsgroup} headers in
178 summary lines when using @code{gnus-ignored-from-addresses} can be
179 customized with @code{gnus-summary-to-prefix} and
180 @code{gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix}. @xref{To From Newsgroups}.
182 @item You can replace @acronym{MIME} parts with external bodies.
183 See @code{gnus-mime-replace-part} and @code{gnus-article-replace-part}.
184 @xref{MIME Commands}, @ref{Using MIME}.
187 The option @code{mm-fill-flowed} can be used to disable treatment of
188 format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
189 inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages. @xref{Flowed text, ,Flowed text,
190 emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}. (New in Gnus 5.10.7)
191 @c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus".
193 @item Now the new command @kbd{S W}
194 (@code{gnus-article-wide-reply-with-original}) for a wide reply in the
195 article buffer yanks a text that is in the active region, if it is set,
196 as well as the @kbd{R} (@code{gnus-article-reply-with-original}) command.
197 Note that the @kbd{R} command in the article buffer no longer accepts a
198 prefix argument, which was used to make it do a wide reply.
199 @xref{Article Keymap}.
201 @item The new command @kbd{C-h b}
202 (@code{gnus-article-describe-bindings}) used in the article buffer now
203 shows not only the article commands but also the real summary commands
204 that are accessible from the article buffer.
208 @item Changes in Message mode
211 @item Gnus now supports the ``hashcash'' client puzzle anti-spam mechanism.
212 Use @code{(setq message-generate-hashcash t)} to enable.
215 @item You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer.
216 See @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} and @code{mml-dnd-attach-options}.
217 @xref{MIME, ,MIME, message, Message Manual}.
219 @item The option @code{message-yank-empty-prefix} now controls how
220 empty lines are prefixed in cited text. @xref{Insertion Variables,
221 ,Insertion Variables, message, Message Manual}.
223 @item Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers.
224 The @code{References} header is hidden by default. To make all
225 headers visible, use @code{(setq message-hidden-headers nil)}.
226 @xref{Message Headers, ,Message Headers, message, Message Manual}.
228 @item You can highlight different levels of citations like in the
229 article buffer. See @code{gnus-message-highlight-citation}.
231 @item @code{auto-fill-mode} is enabled by default in Message mode.
232 See @code{message-fill-column}. @xref{Various Message Variables, ,
233 Message Headers, message, Message Manual}.
235 @item You can now store signature files in a special directory
236 named @code{message-signature-directory}.
238 @item The option @code{message-citation-line-format} controls the format
239 of the "Whomever writes:" line. You need to set
240 @code{message-citation-line-function} to
241 @code{message-insert-formatted-citation-line} as well.
244 @item Changes in back ends
247 @item The nntp back end stores article marks in @file{~/News/marks}.
249 The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
250 @code{nntp-marks-directory}, and marks can be disabled using the
251 (back end) variable @code{nntp-marks-is-evil}. The advantage of this
252 is that you can copy @file{~/News/marks} (using rsync, scp or
253 whatever) to another Gnus installation, and it will realize what
254 articles you have read and marked. The data in @file{~/News/marks}
255 has priority over the same data in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}.
258 You can import and export your @acronym{RSS} subscriptions from
259 @acronym{OPML} files. @xref{RSS}.
261 @item @acronym{IMAP} identity (@acronym{RFC} 2971) is supported.
263 By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can
264 customize it using the variable @code{nnimap-id}.
266 @item The @code{nnrss} back end now supports multilingual text.
267 Non-@acronym{ASCII} group names for the @code{nnrss} groups are also
268 supported. @xref{RSS}.
270 @item Retrieving mail with @acronym{POP3} is supported over @acronym{SSL}/@acronym{TLS} and with StartTLS.
272 @item The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside @file{gzip}
273 for compressed message files. @xref{Mail Spool}.
275 @item The nnml back end supports group compaction.
277 This feature, accessible via the functions
278 @code{gnus-group-compact-group} (@kbd{G z} in the group buffer) and
279 @code{gnus-server-compact-server} (@kbd{z} in the server buffer)
280 renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and removing gaps.
281 As a consequence, you get a correct total article count (until
282 messages are deleted again).
293 @c Maybe it's not worth to separate this from "Miscellaneous"?
297 @item The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons.
298 You can also customize the tool bars: @kbd{M-x customize-apropos RET
299 -tool-bar$} should get you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.)
300 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual
302 @item The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly
303 in the group buffer, see the variable @code{gnus-group-update-tool-bar}.
304 Its default value depends on your Emacs version.
305 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual
307 @item You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers.
308 See @code{gnus-use-toolbar} and @code{message-use-toolbar}.
312 @item Miscellaneous changes
315 @item Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the
316 server buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups
317 which use the server in question. For instance, if you change
318 @code{nntp-via-address} into @samp{bar.example.com} from
319 @samp{foo.example.com}, Gnus will connect to the news host by way of the
320 intermediate host @samp{bar.example.com} from next time.
322 @item The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer
325 @item You can set @code{gnus-mark-copied-or-moved-articles-as-expirable}
326 to a non-@code{nil} value so that articles that have been read may be
327 marked as expirable automatically when copying or moving them to a group
328 that has auto-expire turned on. The default is @code{nil} and copying
329 and moving of articles behave as before; i.e., the expirable marks will
330 be unchanged except that the marks will be removed when copying or
331 moving articles to a group that has not turned auto-expire on.
332 @xref{Expiring Mail}.
338 @c gnus-news.texi ends here.